Professor Urszula Paprocka-Piotrowska works at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin , where she leads the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics within the Faculty of Humanities. With a habilitation thesis on bilingual narrative structures and French-Polish language acquisition, she received the academic title of professor in 2016. Her scientific work includes the monograph Construction du récit dans la communication en langue étrangère (2013). Education: MA in Romance Philology (KUL), DEA in Linguistics (Paris X), PhD in French-Polish language acquisition (co-tutelle KUL-Paris X) Academic Leadership: Head of Department since 2009, former Director of Institute of Romance Philology (2009-2012), Vice-Rector for Promotion and International Relations (2013-2016) Her research focuses on foreign language acquisition , didactic methods , and intercultural communication . She has supervised numerous theses on topics including: Temporal and spatial expression in L2 learners Cultural content in language textbooks Motivation and teaching strategies Language anxiety and learning barriers Audiovisual translation techniques Intercultural stereotypes in language learning Her scientific work reveals trends in: Comparative studies of Polish and French language acquisition Didactic approaches for different age groups Role of cultural elements in language education Impact of modern teaching tools Development of communicative competence Analysis of grammatical errors in interlanguage Scientific recognition includes: French Order of Academic Palms (2013) Postdoctoral degree (habilitation) in linguistics (2009) Administrative and organizational roles include: Head of Department of Language Acquisition and Teaching (2009-2019) Vice-Rector for Promotion and International Relations (2013-2016) Rector's Plenipotentiary for Educational Quality (2012-2013) President of Prof-Europe and French Teachers Association






